DHP Screen Loft Metal Bunk Bed with Desk and Ladder, Space-Saving Design, Silver Twin

My 10 year old daughter wanted a loft bed with a desk for Christmas. This was really the only thing she asked for. We looked at several online and this was the one she wanted. Even after searching several other sites. Normally, I read reviews before ordering. This time I did not. My husband commented after it arrived and he saw the packaging how he hoped it was a good quality bed. At this point, and without mentioning it to him, I did read the reviews. I saw a couple of good reviews but honestly they made me nervous but I had to wait until after Santa delivered and we put it together to see what was what.As we opened the box to get everything out, I was quite nervous. Because I had read about missing parts, things not lining up and extra holes. We laid everything out by the instructions, even the screws. We followed them step by step with me holding my breath the entire time. We had NO PROBLEMS at ALL! Everything was there, everything lined up, everything was just like it appeared with the exception of the additional shelf. And the shelf didn't matter anyway because we were buying it for the desk. It only shakes a small amount but my husband said that's should be expected. He did but pipe insulation around the steps to make them more comfortable. They are narrow but with the extra padding work great. Our daughter has stayed in her room almost nonstop since this bed was put up. I would definitely recommend this bed for the money.

Got this and assembled in a couple hours. It is very solid. Most beds have a little jiggle/sway. Those small motions get magnified in a taller structure but it's still no big deal. By comparison, this is much more solid and less squeaky than the ubiquitous stacking wooden beds that many of us had in the 70s.As with many such projects, it's great to have a cordless drill/screw driver when you are making this. The small shelf in the picture is not there, but the desk is large and really useful (great as a desk and strengthens the structure). As others have indicated, the ladder is a bit uncomfortable. We used foam pipe insulation around it and my daughter thinks it's great. The bed is in a corner, and we also used some of the same kind of foam padding to pad the top corner of the bunk (wrapped around the back corner of the top of one leg). This is because the baseboards keep the corner leg about 3/8 inches away from the corner of the walls. A little padding up top closes that gap and helps stabilize the bed.*The support bars for the mattress come with clever, strong plastic clips that help minimize noise, vibrations, and movement.*We painted the black squares on the top rails the same lavender color as my daughter's room. It rally softened the bed's appearance and tied it into the room.*We used a 5" thick mattress, but after seeing it in place, we would have had no worries with a 6" mattress.

I like it. SWMBO decreed we have something for the kids to sit on in the basement and her visiting friend somewhere to sleep. Enter Amazon, Prime and my cellphone and this thing arrived a few days later.I estimated 1.5-2 hours to put together including the use of a power drill for all the bolts and it ended up taking almost three. Tedious would be the word I would use. Not terribly difficult, just tedious. For example, the support for the mattress and both bottom pieces have like 24 vertical bars that each require 2 little plastic tabs pressed in with your fingers. It's tedious. That said, I can't imagine moving and taking it with me. Nah that's a lie, once the support slats go in I think it would break down pretty easily. Passing the supports onto the consumer probably saves some sweatshop like 48c per unit though so I do feel bad taking jobs from the hardworking indigenous people of wherever.It's reversible if you want. Assemble with the ladder where you want and put the "LEFT" futon bracket on the side with the ladder.It's easy to go from couch to bed provided you remember there's a lock keeping the couch from inadvertently switching to bed...15 minutes later...It does wobble a bit. It really does need some cross bracing in the back, but kids bounce so if anything crazy did happen I'm sure they'd be fine.tl;drIt's a hit. Couldn't imagine putting it together with the provided tools though.